Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways was the first book I read by her, and I enjoyed it enough to want to read another of her books.
Despite the unpopular present-tense narrative, along with slapdash editing, this* had me hooked to the end. Ahern managed to toss my smugness all over the place. Within only a few pages, I thought, oh, it's obvious, I know how this is going to pan out, but then Ahern throws you curveballs and twists and turns, and your powers of detection are all over the shop. Now that's clever.
The story is tightly and intensely coiled with emotion as GP Enya Pickering worries about her upcoming birthday—the age at which her mother tragically and suddenly died—and then has to deal with lasting trauma of tending to a road-traffic victim on a cold and stormy night. See About the Book below. The storm isn't just literal, it's metaphoric as well.
Well-written and very compelling, I was glad I read another book by this author, as it tipped her into my 'definitely read more of' list. It's a shame she didn't acknowledge her readers at the end, it's always a nice touch.
*Provided by Netgalley
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